Woodvale

May/June 1942. Pilots of the Flight B with a group of mechanics. 
1.Jaworski 2.Malczewski 3.Stefankiewicz 4.Zielonka 5.Czajkowski 6.Polek 7.Nawrocki.

Squadron pilots as of April 1, 1942.
S/Ldr Janus.
Flight "A": F/Lt Falkowski (commander), F/O Tarkowski, F/O Kornicki, F/O Miksa, F/O Najbicz, F/O Stembrowicz, F/O Wyrozemski, P/O Semmerling, F/Sgt J. Kowalski, Sgt Adamiak, Sgt Chudek, Sgt Matus and Sgt Jankowski.
Flight "B": F/Lt Czaykowski (commander), F/O J. Zurakowski, F/O Sokolowski, F/O Polek, F/O Fiedorczuk, F/O Gil,
F/O Sawiak, P/O Jaworski, P/O Malczewski, P/O Zielonka, Sgt Cwynar, Sgt Nawrocki, Sgt J. Lipinski, Sgt Slonski and Sgt Gruszczynski.

RAF Woodvale. 3 May 1942. Gen Ujejski decorating 315 personnel. Left: Standing far in the row and little separated from the rest are Falkowski and Chudek who received Virtuti Militari. Seventh and eighth from the right are squadron's adjutant and chief mechanic who received Cross of Merit. Other five pilots were awarded Cross of Valor while the mechanics received Certificate of Merit. Right: P/O Stembrowicz receives CV. Next in line is P/O Jaworski.

The same date. Gen Ujejski inspecting 315's pilots in readiness. Reporting is S/Ldr Wiorkiewicz. On right, standing with Mae Wests on are: (from left) Kornicki, Andersz, Sawiak, Zajac and Tarkowski.

Above: S/Ldr Janus shakes hand with F/O Najbicz on his departure to 1 Polish Fighter Wing at Northolt.

Above: August 14, 1942. The Squadron's Day. Lady Jersey visiting with her girl friends. On left sitting is F/Lt Czaykowski. Behind him standing is Sgt Gruszczynski. Fourth from right (with a cigarette) is F/O Stembrowicz. Talking to the "Mom" (woman on right) is  F/Lt Walerian Jesionowski.

Left: The Squadron's Day. 14 August 1942. Who's an attraction here? PK-Y (AR431) or the ladies? Right: 1942. F/O Stembrowicz with two Wafkas, as the Poles used to call them, seating on a Spitfire's (PK-C, BM597) port wing.

Left: May 1942. Wyrozemski (left), Zajac, Semmerling, Jankowski and Najbicz. Right: Part of the Ju88 shot down by F/O Sawiak over Ireland. He was credited with a damaged aircraft, but the Junkers crash landed in Ireland.

  Left: Some guest pilot before a test/joy flight. Center: F/O Schmidt pulling battery cable who joined the squadron in May that year. He died ditching in the middle of the North Sea upon squadron's return from mission to Norway. Right: F/O Zajac seating on the Spitfire's cowling.

F/O Skrzypecki (holding propeller's blade), the squadron's technical officer, and scene from the squadron's disperse area.

The 315 engineers at work. Although Woodvale wasn't the front-line station, their workload didn't lighten much. 

Left: PK-M, AD230. Like all the other 315 aircraft, this plane remained in Woodvale and became JH-M of No. 317 Squadron. Right: From left: Sawiak (died in hospital in Dublin), Malec, Tarkowski, Lisowski,
Eugeniusz Malczewski and Sgt Dukalski. (W. Matusiak)

Needs info. Picture taken during the visit of Polish Navy officers (black uniforms) at Woodvale. First on right is F/Sgt Matus. In a middle (MaeWest) is Sgt Nawrocki. (W. Matusiak)

Left: Sgt Laskowski visiting the 315 Sqn. (W. Matusiak) Right: Fuselage of the PK-W, W3628, in a repair jig. It was either the aircraft in which on 16 July 1942, Sgt Nawrocki was killed, or AB247 after taxing collision of Gila and Cwynar. About a month before Nawrocki's accident the pattern of the RAF roundel was changed. (The de Havilland Witney Association via Adam Middleton)

Left: One of the unit's Spitfire about to be refueled. Right: The mobile canteen. Second from left is Sgt Nawrocki.

The Squadron Day fly past.